Three Ayrshire golf equipment within the West of Scotland League (WoSFL) have been handed factors deductions for fielding ineligible gamers.
Second Division outfit Ardeer Thistle this morning confirmed they've been docked three factors and fined £100 for taking part in a participant who was nonetheless signed to his earlier membership.
This afternoon, Third Division Dalry Thistle revealed they have been handed the identical punishment for exceeding the allowed variety of trialists in a 3-1 defeat to Lanark United on Saturday, August 6.
A 3-point deduction and £100 positive can also be heading the way in which of Whitletts Victoria who fielded suspended striker Jordan Boyd in a 2-0 house win over St Roch's on the opening day of the season.
All three golf equipment have held their arms as much as administrative oversights however they're removed from alone on that entrance.
An unusually excessive variety of WoSFL golf equipment have been topic to participant probes simply weeks into the brand new season.
Muirkirk and Kirkintilloch Rob Roy have been kicked out of the South Problem Cup for fielding an ineligible participant in their respective first-round ties on Saturday.
Premier Division aspect Arthurlie have been docked three factors and fined £100 for taking part in suspended defender Callum Shields in a gap day league defeat at house to Clydebank.
Kilwinning Rangers performed suspended skipper Kevin Nicoll in a curtain-raiser towards Irvine Meadow however had been cleared of any wrongdoing and averted sanctions as a consequence of an SFA admin error.
The spate of investigations and punishments has led to a lot on-line debate between followers and membership managers alike.
Darvel boss Mick Kennedy tweeted: "I do know it’s golf equipment duty, however there has clearly been a problem with the examine course of. Absolutely it might have made sense to positive golf equipment slightly than take factors off for video games that weren’t affected by the breach."
Ayrshire Soccer Information has contacted the West of Scotland League for remark.
Ardeer assertion...
"We're dissatisfied to announce that the membership has been deducted three factors and handed a £100 positive for fielding an ineligible participant.
"This comes as we had been of the understanding the participant in query was a free agent, as his earlier membership's supervisor instructed us, in addition to the participant not signing any kinds for his earlier membership this season.
"We then found that a doc with the gamers' identify had been processed by his earlier membership, technically making him a signed participant.
"We have now been sanctioned as a result of we went on good religion and by no means checked the SFA database and we settle for this."
Dalry assertion
"We're dissatisfied to announce that now we have, as a membership, been deducted three factors and fined £100 by the affiliation for exceeding the allowed variety of trialists listed in our squad through the latest away match which we misplaced at Lanark United.
"This was a easy admin error after we assumed incorrectly that two of our Underneath-20s squad had been registered after they hadn't.
"At no level did Dalry Thistle try to achieve an unfair benefit by taking this motion. This was merely a real try to advertise the newly-formed pathway on the membership.
"A harsh punishment in our view, nonetheless, now we have to simply accept the foundations and transfer on. We're gutted for the administration, gamers and supporters and regardless of this taking a shine off what was a good begin to the season, now we have to simply accept the sanction and transfer on."
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